In Arab circles in the Dutch East Indies in the 1930s, plays were staged not only to entertain but also to educate and to further the emancipation of the traditionally oriented... Læs mere
Avianti's sensibility as an architect is evident in her writing, with all the features and spaces of the modern urban landscape. In her landscapes, residents range from... Læs mere
Violence, money and melodrama are the volatile ingredients of The Rape of Sukreni. Written in the 1930s by AA Pandji Tisna, the novel was not published until 1947. It is... Læs mere
This collection of short stories portray quite melancholy and devastating events in which Cyntha's plaintive, unglorified descriptions make these stories of loss... Læs mere
Between 1983 and 1985, a series of extrajudicial executions of criminals took place throughout Indonesia in which bodies were found shot and left in public places. The killings,... Læs mere
In a career spanning more than thirty years, Afrizal Malna has published several major collections of poetry and has seen his poems translated into several languages. His poems... Læs mere